Rosh HaAyin Marks Three Years Since October 7th Attacks
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Rosh HaAyin held numerous events to mark three years since the October 7th attacks and honor war casualties. Memorial ceremonies, including wreath-laying at cemeteries and a central event with bereaved families, took place throughout the city. Community initiatives featured personal testimonies, memorial songs, and artistic displays. Educational institutions and a local running group also organized remembrance activities, with the mayor stressing the importance of unity.
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- Rosh HaAyin marked three years since the October 7th attacks with multiple memorial events.
- The city's mayor, Raz Sagie, participated in ceremonies at cemeteries and a central memorial event.
- Events included laying wreaths, lighting memorial candles, and visiting graves of fallen residents.
- Community and educational initiatives featured personal stories, music, and artistic tributes.
- A 7.10 km run was held, with participants wearing the names of victims and fallen soldiers.
- Mayor Sagie emphasized the heavy price paid by the city and the need for unity.
Rosh HaAyin commemorated the national day of remembrance for the October 7th events and war fallen with a series of memorial ceremonies, remembrance events, and community initiatives throughout the city. The remembrance events began at the Rosh HaAyin cemetery, where representatives from the city's Youth Parliament and Madatzim movement guided Mayor Raz Sagie, laid Israeli flags and floral wreaths, and lit memorial candles on the graves of city residents murdered on October 7th and fallen in the war. Concurrently, employees of the municipal company visited cemeteries across the country to visit the graves of the city's fallen buried outside Rosh HaAyin. Later, the municipal ceremony took place at the monument plaza, attended by bereaved families, representatives of bereaved family organizations, Mayor Raz Sagie, Director General of the Municipality Ronita Tabib, municipal employees, and city residents. At the 'Kasa' Youth Center, an evening was held for young people with creator and performer Goldi Feuerstein, who shared her personal story and performed original songs, alongside a visual exhibit created specifically for the event by city resident Eli Gor. Additionally, a memorial song evening was held at the Culture Hall in cooperation with the Museum of the Heritage of Yemenite Jewry and bereaved family organizations, featuring songs loved by the city's fallen and chosen by their families. At the entrance to the hall, the "Avenue of Heroes" exhibit, created by students of Ulpanat Zevulun under the guidance of educator Hila Carmel, was displayed. Alongside the municipal events, remembrance ceremonies and activities took place in the city's educational institutions. Students from Begin High School participated in a memorial march in Rosh HaAyin Forest in memory of the school's fallen, and at Shachakim High School, a screening of the documentary "Whose Are You?" was held, directed and produced by Dotan Naveh, documenting the journey of women from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. The Rosh HaAyin running community also held a 7.10-kilometer run and walk, with each participant wearing the names of murder victims and fallen soldiers on their bibs. Mayor Raz Sagie stated that the price paid and still being paid by the city is heavy, emphasizing that the debt to the fallen requires preserving unity, mutual responsibility, and "our home for all."